Cellist Astrig Siranossian in a Tribute to Nadia Boulanger, with pianists Nathanaël Gouin and Daniel Barenboim.
Tag: Twentieth Century
Year In Review – Our Top 10 Classical Albums for 2020
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2020 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Ammann, Ravel, Bartók – Piano Concertos – Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki
Andreas Haefliger plays a new Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with Ravel’s Concerto for the Left-Hand and Bartók’s Piano Concertos No. 3.
Review: Martinů – Violin Concertos – Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hruša
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann plays the two Violin Concertos by Martinů and Bartók’s Solo Violin Sonata. With the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hruša.
Review: “Silver Age” – Daniil Trifonov Plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin
Daniil Trifonov plays concertos and solo works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Scriabin.
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals – Khatia Buniatishvili’s “Labyrinth”, and Bertrand Chamayou’s “Good Night!”.
Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
Review: Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
Simon Rattle returns to Janáček’s opera, this time in the original Czech, along with the Sinfonietta. Soloists are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Britten – Peter Grimes – Skelton, Wall, Bergen Philharmonic, Gardner
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Britten’s masterful opera, with Stuart Skelton as Peter Grimes.
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Connolly, Dean Smith, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith.
